Ostheim - Rhön - Tourist-Information

Sights at every step

The culture and activity center Ostheim/Rhön invites you to take part in exciting tours of discovery. Our small town, which celebrated its 1200 th anniversary in 2004, offers you sights at every step. Discover our historic old town with its manor houses, mills and frame-houses!

Our main attractions:

Fortified church, biggest fortified church in Germany. Monument of national importance. Guided tours for individuals every Wednesday (April to October) at 11 o´clock, for groups anytime by request (readily at short notice also). The fortified church museum in the stone sheds and the alternating exhibitions in the church-yard school cultural center can normally be visitied from Friday to Monday. For more information see www.lebendige-kirchenburg.de and www.kirchenburg-ostheim.de

Organ museum in the Hanstein castle. For more information call 09777/1743. Opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday from 10 to 12 o´clock and from 13 to 17 o´clock. Sundays and holidays from 13 to 17 o´clock. Guided tours with live music for registered groups of 10 person and more, for museum concerts see event calendar.

Lichtenburg citadel with knight´s hall and general room which are open.

Hill graves

Bionade active park with Nordic walking and hiking trails in the premium area with new signposting and with all of the 15 trails starting at the parking lot "Streuwiese".

Cartwright museum, located in Market Street 9, open every Thursday from 9 o´clock until 12 o´clock. See www.wagnereimuseum.de